How to understand wormholes and their weird quantum effects
6 March 2023
Classical relativity suggests that nothing could pass through a wormhole and exit, but quantum effects change that, says space reporter Leah Crane
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Gravitational waves from black hole pairs could act like tractor beams
17 October 2018
When two black holes orbit one another, they create a swirling vortex of gravitational waves that could trap any nearby objects like a sci-fi tractor beam
Third lander arrives on asteroid Ryugu with only 16 hours to live
3 October 2018
Japan has just dropped off its third lander on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. It has less than a day to complete its mission before its batteries run out
Three photons stick together to create a new form of light
15 February 2018
Photons don’t normally make friends, but now three have been bound together into a brand-new form of light by tricking them into acting like atoms
3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time
24 January 2018
By moving a single particle with an invisible laser beam, we can create three-dimensional images like the holograms in sci-fi movies that float in thin air
